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DivX Player and DivX Codec 4.12

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Date added: December 20, 2001
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1545 votes
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The creators of the popular DivX video format also make this freeware bundle for playing and encoding DivX files. Video and audio playback is fairly smooth, and you can shift among full-screen, compact, and console modes using the right-click context menu. Skins are available on the publisher's site.

The installation offers a six-month trial of the Pro version of the encoder. The help file is external, on a live Web site, and not very helpful for answering basic questions such as what formats you can play and where to install skins. The codec's user guide is a separate download.

The program eats nearly 20MB even when there's no video playing. But, if you simply need to view DivX files or convert other files to the DivX format, this bundle is an adequate option.

Publisher's description

From DivXNetworks, Inc. :

This bundle contains all the software you need to create and watch videos in the popular DivX video format. DivX compression technology is a software application that compresses digital video. With this technology, digital video can be compressed so the material can be downloaded and watched over IP-based networks and more while maintaining high-quality playback.

Version 4.12 fixes several encoding and decoding problems found in version 4.11, which introduced full optimizations for Intel Pentium 4 processors, enabling up to 78 percent faster encoding performance (compared to previous versions) and real-time software-based decoding of video at high-definition resolutions (1280x720 and up). Version 4.12 also adds complete support for future advanced DivX video features. This download also includes version 0.6.6 of The Playa player application.

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